Malky Mackay had to be fired by Cardiff City, says former owner Sam Hammam.
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The 41-year-old Scot was sacked on Friday after two-and-a-half years in charge after a fractious relationship with billionaire owner Vincent Tan.
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Club life president Hammam claimed the situation between Mackay and Tan had broken down irretrievably.
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"The sacking of Malky was the right thing to do, the only problem is it should've been done a long time ago," said Hammam.
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Mackay guided Cardiff to the League Cup final in 2012 and followed it up last season with the Championship title and promotion to the Premier League.
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But he and Malaysian Tan had a public falling out when Mackay said in December he wanted to sign three players in the January transfer window.
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That prompted Tan to announce he would not make "a single penny" available for Mackay to spend.
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He also recently wrote to the manager, asking him to resign or be sacked .
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Hammam, who had control of Cardiff City between 2000 and 2006, said Mackay's departure was inevitable after the row became public.
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"If they're not... perfectly synchronised and are not working hand in glove, it just simply is not going to work.
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"And because Vincent owns the club then Malky has to go. It doesn't matter what is right or wrong, or what Malky did - this is beside the point."
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Hammam credits Mackay with successfully steering Cardiff back to the Premier League for the first time in 52 years.
I also did not expect such from the owner after giving the go-ahead to continue with whatever he is doing at the club. It was just about time tho
Let us just hope that the next coach will do better than the previous Cardiff boss. He has to. Plus must it be a He?
That hasn't improved Cardiff City's game so far so maybe the owner decided wrongly. They are nt better than the way Mackay left them.